1. Windows, Mac, Linux or Tablet? The first decision is the platform. As of 2025, a rough estimate of desktop/laptop market share is Windows 78%; Mac 16%; Linux 6%. It has been a Windows versus Mac ...

Microsoft has unveiled two Surface tablets based on Windows 8 operating system. The thinner and lightweight model of the Surface tablet runs on the Windows RT operating system. It is a rival to the ...

Dan Ackerman leads CNET's coverage of computers and gaming hardware. A New York native and former radio DJ, he's also a regular TV talking head and the author of "The Tetris Effect" ...

When Apple unveiled the iPad in 2010, Steve Jobs presented the tablet as a third device that we could carry along with a computer and smartphone. Years later, Microsoft responded with a radically ...

Apple introduced a smaller iPad, to be released Nov. 2, but also updated its full-sized one. It also unveiled new Mac computers, including a 13-inch version of a MacBook Pro with sharper, “Retina” ...

NEW DELHI — India introduced a cheap tablet computer Wednesday, saying it would deliver modern technology to the countryside to help lift villagers out of poverty. The computer, called Aakash, or “sky ...